Chapter 13: Russia
Cossacks
Horsemen who lived in southern Russia along the Don and Volga River
Don River
In Southern Russia
Chechnya
Islamic Caucasian republic that seeks to break away from Russia
Soviet Union leader WWII
Joseph Stalin
Deepest lake in the world
Lake Baikal
Moscow
Largest city in all of Europe
Dominated Russia until 1462
Mongols
Parts of government
Presidency, prime minister, and Federal Assembly
Russia's economy depends on...
Raw materials such as natural gas and oil
Kremlin
Residence of the Russian president (found in Moscow)
Third largest producer of oil
Russia
Kaliningrad
Russian port on Baltic Sea; separated from Russia physically
Caucasus Mountains
Separates Russia from the Middle East
Nuclear power
Soviet Union became one in 1949
Capital of the old czarist Russia
St. Petersburg
Volga Republics
Tatarstan and Bashkortostan (both are Islamic republics)
Under Mikhail Gorbachev,
The Soviet Union collapses (1991)
Russia in landmass is
The largest country in the world
What river empties into the Caspian Sea and is a major shipping channel?
Volga River
Peter the Great
Westernized Russia
Don River Basin
Wheat is grown in abundance here
Ivan the Terrible
first czar of Russia
Soviet Union
Became the official name of the country in 1922
Kalmykia religion
Buddhists nomads
St. Petersburg
Built by Peter the Great; Russia's second largest city
Who first used Cossacks as calvary?
Catherine the Great
Caucasian Republics
Chechnya and Kalmykia
Bolsheviks
Communists
How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?
Created Russian Navy Modernized the military Promoted industry Modernized the government and the way people dressed
Last Czar of Russia
Czar Nicholas II
Ural Mountains
Divides European Russia from Asian Russia
Lower House of Federal Assembly
Duma
Two parts of the federal assembly
Duma and Federation Council
Religion of Russia
Eastern Orthodox (aka Russian Orthodox Church)
Mt. Elbrus
Europe's highest peak; located in Caucasus Mountains
Catherine the Great
Expanded Russian empire
Upper house of Federal Assembly
Federation Council
1945 the Soviet Union...
Gained control of Eastern Europe
Each republic...
Have a measure of self rules and are ethnically based
U.S and Russian relations
Have been deteriorating
Volga River
longest river in Europe
Cossacks name meaning
means 'adventures'
How many time zones does Russia have?
11 time zones
How many autonomous republics are there?
21
How many Russian reserves are there?
50 BILLION barrels of oil